{"product_id":"the-dance-of-the-demons-esther-singer-kreitman-9781558615953","title":"The Dance of the Demons","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA semi-autobiographical portrait of the original Yentl and \"an important contribution to the vastly neglected genre of feminist Yiddish literature\" (\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn this autobiographical novel--originally published in Yiddish as \u003cem\u003eDer Sheydim Tanz\u003c\/em\u003e in 1936--Esther Kreitman lovingly depicts a world replete with rabbis, yeshiva students, beggars, farmers, gangsters, seamstresses, and socialists as seen through the eyes of the girl who served as Isaac Bashevis Singer's inspiration for the story \"Yentl, the Yeshiva Boy.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBarred from the studies at which her idealistic rabbi father and precocious brother excel, Deborah revels in the books she hides behind the kitchen stove, her brief forays outside the household, and her clandestine attraction to a young Warsaw rebel. But her family confines and blunts her dreams, as they navigate the constraints of Jewish life in a world that tolerates, but does not approve, their presence.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eForced into an arranged marriage, Deborah runs away on the eve of World War into a world that would offer more than she ever dreamed...\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis edition includes memorial pieces by Kreitman's son and granddaughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Esther Singer Kreitman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1558615954\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781558615953\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Feminist Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.08h x 6.06w x 0.84d","brand":"Esther Singer Kreitman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48799192776959,"sku":"9781558615953","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-dance-of-the-demons-esther-singer-kreitman-9781558615953","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}